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<title>Merge tag 'ntb-5.3' of git://github.com/jonmason/ntb</title>
<updated>2019-07-21T16:46:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-21T16:46:59+00:00</published>
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Pull NTB updates from Jon Mason:
 "New feature to add support for NTB virtual MSI interrupts, the ability
  to test and use this feature in the NTB transport layer.

  Also, bug fixes for the AMD and Switchtec drivers, as well as some
  general patches"

* tag 'ntb-5.3' of git://github.com/jonmason/ntb: (22 commits)
  NTB: Describe the ntb_msi_test client in the documentation.
  NTB: Add MSI interrupt support to ntb_transport
  NTB: Add ntb_msi_test support to ntb_test
  NTB: Introduce NTB MSI Test Client
  NTB: Introduce MSI library
  NTB: Rename ntb.c to support multiple source files in the module
  NTB: Introduce functions to calculate multi-port resource index
  NTB: Introduce helper functions to calculate logical port number
  PCI/switchtec: Add module parameter to request more interrupts
  PCI/MSI: Support allocating virtual MSI interrupts
  ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix setup MW with failure bug
  ntb_hw_switchtec: Skip unnecessary re-setup of shared memory window for crosslink case
  ntb_hw_switchtec: Remove redundant steps of switchtec_ntb_reinit_peer() function
  NTB: correct ntb_dev_ops and ntb_dev comment typos
  NTB: amd: Silence shift wrapping warning in amd_ntb_db_vector_mask()
  ntb_hw_switchtec: potential shift wrapping bug in switchtec_ntb_init_sndev()
  NTB: ntb_transport: Ensure qp-&gt;tx_mw_dma_addr is initaliazed
  NTB: ntb_hw_amd: set peer limit register
  NTB: ntb_perf: Clear stale values in doorbell and command SPAD register
  NTB: ntb_perf: Disable NTB link after clearing peer XLAT registers
  ...
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Pull NTB updates from Jon Mason:
 "New feature to add support for NTB virtual MSI interrupts, the ability
  to test and use this feature in the NTB transport layer.

  Also, bug fixes for the AMD and Switchtec drivers, as well as some
  general patches"

* tag 'ntb-5.3' of git://github.com/jonmason/ntb: (22 commits)
  NTB: Describe the ntb_msi_test client in the documentation.
  NTB: Add MSI interrupt support to ntb_transport
  NTB: Add ntb_msi_test support to ntb_test
  NTB: Introduce NTB MSI Test Client
  NTB: Introduce MSI library
  NTB: Rename ntb.c to support multiple source files in the module
  NTB: Introduce functions to calculate multi-port resource index
  NTB: Introduce helper functions to calculate logical port number
  PCI/switchtec: Add module parameter to request more interrupts
  PCI/MSI: Support allocating virtual MSI interrupts
  ntb_hw_switchtec: Fix setup MW with failure bug
  ntb_hw_switchtec: Skip unnecessary re-setup of shared memory window for crosslink case
  ntb_hw_switchtec: Remove redundant steps of switchtec_ntb_reinit_peer() function
  NTB: correct ntb_dev_ops and ntb_dev comment typos
  NTB: amd: Silence shift wrapping warning in amd_ntb_db_vector_mask()
  ntb_hw_switchtec: potential shift wrapping bug in switchtec_ntb_init_sndev()
  NTB: ntb_transport: Ensure qp-&gt;tx_mw_dma_addr is initaliazed
  NTB: ntb_hw_amd: set peer limit register
  NTB: ntb_perf: Clear stale values in doorbell and command SPAD register
  NTB: ntb_perf: Disable NTB link after clearing peer XLAT registers
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'dma-mapping-5.3-1' of git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T19:09:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-20T19:09:52+00:00</published>
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Pull dma-mapping fixes from Christoph Hellwig:
 "Fix various regressions:

   - force unencrypted dma-coherent buffers if encryption bit can't fit
     into the dma coherent mask (Tom Lendacky)

   - avoid limiting request size if swiotlb is not used (me)

   - fix swiotlb handling in dma_direct_sync_sg_for_cpu/device (Fugang
     Duan)"

* tag 'dma-mapping-5.3-1' of git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping:
  dma-direct: correct the physical addr in dma_direct_sync_sg_for_cpu/device
  dma-direct: only limit the mapping size if swiotlb could be used
  dma-mapping: add a dma_addressing_limited helper
  dma-direct: Force unencrypted DMA under SME for certain DMA masks
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Pull dma-mapping fixes from Christoph Hellwig:
 "Fix various regressions:

   - force unencrypted dma-coherent buffers if encryption bit can't fit
     into the dma coherent mask (Tom Lendacky)

   - avoid limiting request size if swiotlb is not used (me)

   - fix swiotlb handling in dma_direct_sync_sg_for_cpu/device (Fugang
     Duan)"

* tag 'dma-mapping-5.3-1' of git://git.infradead.org/users/hch/dma-mapping:
  dma-direct: correct the physical addr in dma_direct_sync_sg_for_cpu/device
  dma-direct: only limit the mapping size if swiotlb could be used
  dma-mapping: add a dma_addressing_limited helper
  dma-direct: Force unencrypted DMA under SME for certain DMA masks
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T17:45:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-20T17:45:15+00:00</published>
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Pull core fixes from Thomas Gleixner:

 - A collection of objtool fixes which address recent fallout partially
   exposed by newer toolchains, clang, BPF and general code changes.

 - Force USER_DS for user stack traces

[ Note: the "objtool fixes" are not all to objtool itself, but for
  kernel code that triggers objtool warnings.

  Things like missing function size annotations, or code that confuses
  the unwinder etc.   - Linus]

* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits)
  objtool: Support conditional retpolines
  objtool: Convert insn type to enum
  objtool: Fix seg fault on bad switch table entry
  objtool: Support repeated uses of the same C jump table
  objtool: Refactor jump table code
  objtool: Refactor sibling call detection logic
  objtool: Do frame pointer check before dead end check
  objtool: Change dead_end_function() to return boolean
  objtool: Warn on zero-length functions
  objtool: Refactor function alias logic
  objtool: Track original function across branches
  objtool: Add mcsafe_handle_tail() to the uaccess safe list
  bpf: Disable GCC -fgcse optimization for ___bpf_prog_run()
  x86/uaccess: Remove redundant CLACs in getuser/putuser error paths
  x86/uaccess: Don't leak AC flag into fentry from mcsafe_handle_tail()
  x86/uaccess: Remove ELF function annotation from copy_user_handle_tail()
  x86/head/64: Annotate start_cpu0() as non-callable
  x86/entry: Fix thunk function ELF sizes
  x86/kvm: Don't call kvm_spurious_fault() from .fixup
  x86/kvm: Replace vmx_vmenter()'s call to kvm_spurious_fault() with UD2
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Pull core fixes from Thomas Gleixner:

 - A collection of objtool fixes which address recent fallout partially
   exposed by newer toolchains, clang, BPF and general code changes.

 - Force USER_DS for user stack traces

[ Note: the "objtool fixes" are not all to objtool itself, but for
  kernel code that triggers objtool warnings.

  Things like missing function size annotations, or code that confuses
  the unwinder etc.   - Linus]

* 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (27 commits)
  objtool: Support conditional retpolines
  objtool: Convert insn type to enum
  objtool: Fix seg fault on bad switch table entry
  objtool: Support repeated uses of the same C jump table
  objtool: Refactor jump table code
  objtool: Refactor sibling call detection logic
  objtool: Do frame pointer check before dead end check
  objtool: Change dead_end_function() to return boolean
  objtool: Warn on zero-length functions
  objtool: Refactor function alias logic
  objtool: Track original function across branches
  objtool: Add mcsafe_handle_tail() to the uaccess safe list
  bpf: Disable GCC -fgcse optimization for ___bpf_prog_run()
  x86/uaccess: Remove redundant CLACs in getuser/putuser error paths
  x86/uaccess: Don't leak AC flag into fentry from mcsafe_handle_tail()
  x86/uaccess: Remove ELF function annotation from copy_user_handle_tail()
  x86/head/64: Annotate start_cpu0() as non-callable
  x86/entry: Fix thunk function ELF sizes
  x86/kvm: Don't call kvm_spurious_fault() from .fixup
  x86/kvm: Replace vmx_vmenter()'s call to kvm_spurious_fault() with UD2
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T17:20:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-20T17:20:27+00:00</published>
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Pull more KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Mostly bugfixes, but also:

   - s390 support for KVM selftests

   - LAPIC timer offloading to housekeeping CPUs

   - Extend an s390 optimization for overcommitted hosts to all
     architectures

   - Debugging cleanups and improvements"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (25 commits)
  KVM: x86: Add fixed counters to PMU filter
  KVM: nVMX: do not use dangling shadow VMCS after guest reset
  KVM: VMX: dump VMCS on failed entry
  KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed
  KVM: s390: Use kvm_vcpu_wake_up in kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup
  KVM: Boost vCPUs that are delivering interrupts
  KVM: selftests: Remove superfluous define from vmx.c
  KVM: SVM: Fix detection of AMD Errata 1096
  KVM: LAPIC: Inject timer interrupt via posted interrupt
  KVM: LAPIC: Make lapic timer unpinned
  KVM: x86/vPMU: reset pmc-&gt;counter to 0 for pmu fixed_counters
  KVM: nVMX: Ignore segment base for VMX memory operand when segment not FS or GS
  kvm: x86: ioapic and apic debug macros cleanup
  kvm: x86: some tsc debug cleanup
  kvm: vmx: fix coccinelle warnings
  x86: kvm: avoid constant-conversion warning
  x86: kvm: avoid -Wsometimes-uninitized warning
  KVM: x86: expose AVX512_BF16 feature to guest
  KVM: selftests: enable pgste option for the linker on s390
  KVM: selftests: Move kvm_create_max_vcpus test to generic code
  ...
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Pull more KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Mostly bugfixes, but also:

   - s390 support for KVM selftests

   - LAPIC timer offloading to housekeeping CPUs

   - Extend an s390 optimization for overcommitted hosts to all
     architectures

   - Debugging cleanups and improvements"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (25 commits)
  KVM: x86: Add fixed counters to PMU filter
  KVM: nVMX: do not use dangling shadow VMCS after guest reset
  KVM: VMX: dump VMCS on failed entry
  KVM: x86/vPMU: refine kvm_pmu err msg when event creation failed
  KVM: s390: Use kvm_vcpu_wake_up in kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup
  KVM: Boost vCPUs that are delivering interrupts
  KVM: selftests: Remove superfluous define from vmx.c
  KVM: SVM: Fix detection of AMD Errata 1096
  KVM: LAPIC: Inject timer interrupt via posted interrupt
  KVM: LAPIC: Make lapic timer unpinned
  KVM: x86/vPMU: reset pmc-&gt;counter to 0 for pmu fixed_counters
  KVM: nVMX: Ignore segment base for VMX memory operand when segment not FS or GS
  kvm: x86: ioapic and apic debug macros cleanup
  kvm: x86: some tsc debug cleanup
  kvm: vmx: fix coccinelle warnings
  x86: kvm: avoid constant-conversion warning
  x86: kvm: avoid -Wsometimes-uninitized warning
  KVM: x86: expose AVX512_BF16 feature to guest
  KVM: selftests: enable pgste option for the linker on s390
  KVM: selftests: Move kvm_create_max_vcpus test to generic code
  ...
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'work.dcache2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T16:15:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-20T16:15:51+00:00</published>
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Pull dcache and mountpoint updates from Al Viro:
 "Saner handling of refcounts to mountpoints.

  Transfer the counting reference from struct mount -&gt;mnt_mountpoint
  over to struct mountpoint -&gt;m_dentry. That allows us to get rid of the
  convoluted games with ordering of mount shutdowns.

  The cost is in teaching shrink_dcache_{parent,for_umount} to cope with
  mixed-filesystem shrink lists, which we'll also need for the Slab
  Movable Objects patchset"

* 'work.dcache2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  switch the remnants of releasing the mountpoint away from fs_pin
  get rid of detach_mnt()
  make struct mountpoint bear the dentry reference to mountpoint, not struct mount
  Teach shrink_dcache_parent() to cope with mixed-filesystem shrink lists
  fs/namespace.c: shift put_mountpoint() to callers of unhash_mnt()
  __detach_mounts(): lookup_mountpoint() can't return ERR_PTR() anymore
  nfs: dget_parent() never returns NULL
  ceph: don't open-code the check for dead lockref
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Pull dcache and mountpoint updates from Al Viro:
 "Saner handling of refcounts to mountpoints.

  Transfer the counting reference from struct mount -&gt;mnt_mountpoint
  over to struct mountpoint -&gt;m_dentry. That allows us to get rid of the
  convoluted games with ordering of mount shutdowns.

  The cost is in teaching shrink_dcache_{parent,for_umount} to cope with
  mixed-filesystem shrink lists, which we'll also need for the Slab
  Movable Objects patchset"

* 'work.dcache2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs:
  switch the remnants of releasing the mountpoint away from fs_pin
  get rid of detach_mnt()
  make struct mountpoint bear the dentry reference to mountpoint, not struct mount
  Teach shrink_dcache_parent() to cope with mixed-filesystem shrink lists
  fs/namespace.c: shift put_mountpoint() to callers of unhash_mnt()
  __detach_mounts(): lookup_mountpoint() can't return ERR_PTR() anymore
  nfs: dget_parent() never returns NULL
  ceph: don't open-code the check for dead lockref
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<entry>
<title>KVM: Boost vCPUs that are delivering interrupts</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T07:00:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wanpeng Li</name>
<email>wanpengli@tencent.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-18T11:39:06+00:00</published>
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Inspired by commit 9cac38dd5d (KVM/s390: Set preempted flag during
vcpu wakeup and interrupt delivery), we want to also boost not just
lock holders but also vCPUs that are delivering interrupts. Most
smp_call_function_many calls are synchronous, so the IPI target vCPUs
are also good yield candidates.  This patch introduces vcpu-&gt;ready to
boost vCPUs during wakeup and interrupt delivery time; unlike s390 we do
not reuse vcpu-&gt;preempted so that voluntarily preempted vCPUs are taken
into account by kvm_vcpu_on_spin, but vmx_vcpu_pi_put is not affected
(VT-d PI handles voluntary preemption separately, in pi_pre_block).

Testing on 80 HT 2 socket Xeon Skylake server, with 80 vCPUs VM 80GB RAM:
ebizzy -M

            vanilla     boosting    improved
1VM          21443       23520         9%
2VM           2800        8000       180%
3VM           1800        3100        72%

Testing on my Haswell desktop 8 HT, with 8 vCPUs VM 8GB RAM, two VMs,
one running ebizzy -M, the other running 'stress --cpu 2':

w/ boosting + w/o pv sched yield(vanilla)

            vanilla     boosting   improved
              1570         4000      155%

w/ boosting + w/ pv sched yield(vanilla)

            vanilla     boosting   improved
              1844         5157      179%

w/o boosting, perf top in VM:

 72.33%  [kernel]       [k] smp_call_function_many
  4.22%  [kernel]       [k] call_function_i
  3.71%  [kernel]       [k] async_page_fault

w/ boosting, perf top in VM:

 38.43%  [kernel]       [k] smp_call_function_many
  6.31%  [kernel]       [k] async_page_fault
  6.13%  libc-2.23.so   [.] __memcpy_avx_unaligned
  4.88%  [kernel]       [k] call_function_interrupt

Cc: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Christian Borntraeger &lt;borntraeger@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li &lt;wanpengli@tencent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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Inspired by commit 9cac38dd5d (KVM/s390: Set preempted flag during
vcpu wakeup and interrupt delivery), we want to also boost not just
lock holders but also vCPUs that are delivering interrupts. Most
smp_call_function_many calls are synchronous, so the IPI target vCPUs
are also good yield candidates.  This patch introduces vcpu-&gt;ready to
boost vCPUs during wakeup and interrupt delivery time; unlike s390 we do
not reuse vcpu-&gt;preempted so that voluntarily preempted vCPUs are taken
into account by kvm_vcpu_on_spin, but vmx_vcpu_pi_put is not affected
(VT-d PI handles voluntary preemption separately, in pi_pre_block).

Testing on 80 HT 2 socket Xeon Skylake server, with 80 vCPUs VM 80GB RAM:
ebizzy -M

            vanilla     boosting    improved
1VM          21443       23520         9%
2VM           2800        8000       180%
3VM           1800        3100        72%

Testing on my Haswell desktop 8 HT, with 8 vCPUs VM 8GB RAM, two VMs,
one running ebizzy -M, the other running 'stress --cpu 2':

w/ boosting + w/o pv sched yield(vanilla)

            vanilla     boosting   improved
              1570         4000      155%

w/ boosting + w/ pv sched yield(vanilla)

            vanilla     boosting   improved
              1844         5157      179%

w/o boosting, perf top in VM:

 72.33%  [kernel]       [k] smp_call_function_many
  4.22%  [kernel]       [k] call_function_i
  3.71%  [kernel]       [k] async_page_fault

w/ boosting, perf top in VM:

 38.43%  [kernel]       [k] smp_call_function_many
  6.31%  [kernel]       [k] async_page_fault
  6.13%  libc-2.23.so   [.] __memcpy_avx_unaligned
  4.88%  [kernel]       [k] call_function_interrupt

Cc: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Christian Borntraeger &lt;borntraeger@de.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
Cc: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li &lt;wanpengli@tencent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: LAPIC: Inject timer interrupt via posted interrupt</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T07:00:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wanpeng Li</name>
<email>wanpengli@tencent.com</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-06T01:26:51+00:00</published>
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Dedicated instances are currently disturbed by unnecessary jitter due
to the emulated lapic timers firing on the same pCPUs where the
vCPUs reside.  There is no hardware virtual timer on Intel for guest
like ARM, so both programming timer in guest and the emulated timer fires
incur vmexits.  This patch tries to avoid vmexit when the emulated timer
fires, at least in dedicated instance scenario when nohz_full is enabled.

In that case, the emulated timers can be offload to the nearest busy
housekeeping cpus since APICv has been found for several years in server
processors. The guest timer interrupt can then be injected via posted interrupts,
which are delivered by the housekeeping cpu once the emulated timer fires.

The host should tuned so that vCPUs are placed on isolated physical
processors, and with several pCPUs surplus for busy housekeeping.
If disabled mwait/hlt/pause vmexits keep the vCPUs in non-root mode,
~3% redis performance benefit can be observed on Skylake server, and the
number of external interrupt vmexits drops substantially.  Without patch

            VM-EXIT  Samples  Samples%  Time%   Min Time  Max Time   Avg time
EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT    42916    49.43%   39.30%   0.47us   106.09us   0.71us ( +-   1.09% )

While with patch:

            VM-EXIT  Samples  Samples%  Time%   Min Time  Max Time         Avg time
EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT    6871     9.29%     2.96%   0.44us    57.88us   0.72us ( +-   4.02% )

Cc: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti &lt;mtosatti@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li &lt;wanpengli@tencent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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Dedicated instances are currently disturbed by unnecessary jitter due
to the emulated lapic timers firing on the same pCPUs where the
vCPUs reside.  There is no hardware virtual timer on Intel for guest
like ARM, so both programming timer in guest and the emulated timer fires
incur vmexits.  This patch tries to avoid vmexit when the emulated timer
fires, at least in dedicated instance scenario when nohz_full is enabled.

In that case, the emulated timers can be offload to the nearest busy
housekeeping cpus since APICv has been found for several years in server
processors. The guest timer interrupt can then be injected via posted interrupts,
which are delivered by the housekeeping cpu once the emulated timer fires.

The host should tuned so that vCPUs are placed on isolated physical
processors, and with several pCPUs surplus for busy housekeeping.
If disabled mwait/hlt/pause vmexits keep the vCPUs in non-root mode,
~3% redis performance benefit can be observed on Skylake server, and the
number of external interrupt vmexits drops substantially.  Without patch

            VM-EXIT  Samples  Samples%  Time%   Min Time  Max Time   Avg time
EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT    42916    49.43%   39.30%   0.47us   106.09us   0.71us ( +-   1.09% )

While with patch:

            VM-EXIT  Samples  Samples%  Time%   Min Time  Max Time         Avg time
EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT    6871     9.29%     2.96%   0.44us    57.88us   0.72us ( +-   4.02% )

Cc: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti &lt;mtosatti@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li &lt;wanpengli@tencent.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'armsoc-drivers' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T00:13:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-20T00:13:56+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://scm.home.syzdek.net/pub/scm/mirrors/org.kernel/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=8362fd64f07eaef7155c94fca8dee91c4f99a666'/>
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Pull ARM SoC-related driver updates from Olof Johansson:
 "Various driver updates for platforms and a couple of the small driver
  subsystems we merge through our tree:

   - A driver for SCU (system control) on NXP i.MX8QXP

   - Qualcomm Always-on Subsystem messaging driver (AOSS QMP)

   - Qualcomm PM support for MSM8998

   - Support for a newer version of DRAM PHY driver for Broadcom (DPFE)

   - Reset controller support for Bitmain BM1880

   - TI SCI (System Control Interface) support for CPU control on AM654
     processors

   - More TI sysc refactoring and rework"

* tag 'armsoc-drivers' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (84 commits)
  reset: remove redundant null check on pointer dev
  soc: rockchip: work around clang warning
  dt-bindings: reset: imx7: Fix the spelling of 'indices'
  soc: imx: Add i.MX8MN SoC driver support
  soc: aspeed: lpc-ctrl: Fix probe error handling
  soc: qcom: geni: Add support for ACPI
  firmware: ti_sci: Fix gcc unused-but-set-variable warning
  firmware: ti_sci: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier
  soc: imx8: Use existing of_root directly
  soc: imx8: Fix potential kernel dump in error path
  firmware/psci: psci_checker: Park kthreads before stopping them
  memory: move jedec_ddr.h from include/memory to drivers/memory/
  memory: move jedec_ddr_data.c from lib/ to drivers/memory/
  MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as qcom maintainer
  soc: aspeed: lpc-ctrl: make parameter optional
  soc: qcom: apr: Don't use reg for domain id
  soc: qcom: fix QCOM_AOSS_QMP dependency and build errors
  memory: tegra: Fix -Wunused-const-variable
  firmware: tegra: Early resume BPMP
  soc/tegra: Select pinctrl for Tegra194
  ...
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Pull ARM SoC-related driver updates from Olof Johansson:
 "Various driver updates for platforms and a couple of the small driver
  subsystems we merge through our tree:

   - A driver for SCU (system control) on NXP i.MX8QXP

   - Qualcomm Always-on Subsystem messaging driver (AOSS QMP)

   - Qualcomm PM support for MSM8998

   - Support for a newer version of DRAM PHY driver for Broadcom (DPFE)

   - Reset controller support for Bitmain BM1880

   - TI SCI (System Control Interface) support for CPU control on AM654
     processors

   - More TI sysc refactoring and rework"

* tag 'armsoc-drivers' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (84 commits)
  reset: remove redundant null check on pointer dev
  soc: rockchip: work around clang warning
  dt-bindings: reset: imx7: Fix the spelling of 'indices'
  soc: imx: Add i.MX8MN SoC driver support
  soc: aspeed: lpc-ctrl: Fix probe error handling
  soc: qcom: geni: Add support for ACPI
  firmware: ti_sci: Fix gcc unused-but-set-variable warning
  firmware: ti_sci: Use the correct style for SPDX License Identifier
  soc: imx8: Use existing of_root directly
  soc: imx8: Fix potential kernel dump in error path
  firmware/psci: psci_checker: Park kthreads before stopping them
  memory: move jedec_ddr.h from include/memory to drivers/memory/
  memory: move jedec_ddr_data.c from lib/ to drivers/memory/
  MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as qcom maintainer
  soc: aspeed: lpc-ctrl: make parameter optional
  soc: qcom: apr: Don't use reg for domain id
  soc: qcom: fix QCOM_AOSS_QMP dependency and build errors
  memory: tegra: Fix -Wunused-const-variable
  firmware: tegra: Early resume BPMP
  soc/tegra: Select pinctrl for Tegra194
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'armsoc-soc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc</title>
<updated>2019-07-20T00:05:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-20T00:05:08+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://scm.home.syzdek.net/pub/scm/mirrors/org.kernel/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=24e44913aa746098349370a0f279733c0cadcba7'/>
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Pull ARM SoC platform updates from Olof Johansson:
 "SoC platform changes. Main theme this merge window:

   - The Netx platform (Netx 100/500) platform is removed by Linus
     Walleij-- the SoC doesn't have active maintainers with hardware,
     and in discussions with the vendor the agreement was that it's OK
     to remove.

   - Russell King has a series of patches that cleans up and refactors
     SA1101 and RiscPC support"

* tag 'armsoc-soc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (47 commits)
  ARM: stm32: use "depends on" instead of "if" after prompt
  ARM: sa1100: convert to common clock framework
  ARM: exynos: Cleanup cppcheck shifting warning
  ARM: pxa/lubbock: remove lubbock_set_misc_wr() from global view
  ARM: exynos: Only build MCPM support if used
  arm: add missing include platform-data/atmel.h
  ARM: davinci: Use GPIO lookup table for DA850 LEDs
  ARM: OMAP2: drop explicit assembler architecture
  ARM: use arch_extension directive instead of arch argument
  ARM: imx: Switch imx7d to imx-cpufreq-dt for speed-grading
  ARM: bcm: Enable PINCTRL for ARCH_BRCMSTB
  ARM: bcm: Enable ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER for ARCH_BRCMSTB
  ARM: riscpc: enable chained scatterlist support
  ARM: riscpc: reduce IRQ handling code
  ARM: riscpc: move RiscPC assembly files from arch/arm/lib to mach-rpc
  ARM: riscpc: parse video information from tagged list
  ARM: riscpc: add ecard quirk for Atomwide 3port serial card
  MAINTAINERS: mvebu: Add git entry
  soc: ti: pm33xx: Add a print while entering RTC only mode with DDR in self-refresh
  ARM: OMAP2+: Make some variables static
  ...
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Pull ARM SoC platform updates from Olof Johansson:
 "SoC platform changes. Main theme this merge window:

   - The Netx platform (Netx 100/500) platform is removed by Linus
     Walleij-- the SoC doesn't have active maintainers with hardware,
     and in discussions with the vendor the agreement was that it's OK
     to remove.

   - Russell King has a series of patches that cleans up and refactors
     SA1101 and RiscPC support"

* tag 'armsoc-soc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/soc/soc: (47 commits)
  ARM: stm32: use "depends on" instead of "if" after prompt
  ARM: sa1100: convert to common clock framework
  ARM: exynos: Cleanup cppcheck shifting warning
  ARM: pxa/lubbock: remove lubbock_set_misc_wr() from global view
  ARM: exynos: Only build MCPM support if used
  arm: add missing include platform-data/atmel.h
  ARM: davinci: Use GPIO lookup table for DA850 LEDs
  ARM: OMAP2: drop explicit assembler architecture
  ARM: use arch_extension directive instead of arch argument
  ARM: imx: Switch imx7d to imx-cpufreq-dt for speed-grading
  ARM: bcm: Enable PINCTRL for ARCH_BRCMSTB
  ARM: bcm: Enable ARCH_HAS_RESET_CONTROLLER for ARCH_BRCMSTB
  ARM: riscpc: enable chained scatterlist support
  ARM: riscpc: reduce IRQ handling code
  ARM: riscpc: move RiscPC assembly files from arch/arm/lib to mach-rpc
  ARM: riscpc: parse video information from tagged list
  ARM: riscpc: add ecard quirk for Atomwide 3port serial card
  MAINTAINERS: mvebu: Add git entry
  soc: ti: pm33xx: Add a print while entering RTC only mode with DDR in self-refresh
  ARM: OMAP2+: Make some variables static
  ...
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'iomap-5.3-merge-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux</title>
<updated>2019-07-19T18:38:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2019-07-19T18:38:12+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://scm.home.syzdek.net/pub/scm/mirrors/org.kernel/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=26473f83703e6bc56114ce4b045000de6efcfff7'/>
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Pull iomap split/cleanup from Darrick Wong:
 "As promised, here's the second part of the iomap merge for 5.3, in
  which we break up iomap.c into smaller files grouped by functional
  area so that it'll be easier in the long run to maintain cohesiveness
  of code units and to review incoming patches. There are no functional
  changes and fs/iomap.c split cleanly.

  Summary:

   - Regroup the fs/iomap.c code by major functional area so that we can
     start development for 5.4 from a more stable base"

* tag 'iomap-5.3-merge-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux:
  iomap: move internal declarations into fs/iomap/
  iomap: move the main iteration code into a separate file
  iomap: move the buffered IO code into a separate file
  iomap: move the direct IO code into a separate file
  iomap: move the SEEK_HOLE code into a separate file
  iomap: move the file mapping reporting code into a separate file
  iomap: move the swapfile code into a separate file
  iomap: start moving code to fs/iomap/
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Pull iomap split/cleanup from Darrick Wong:
 "As promised, here's the second part of the iomap merge for 5.3, in
  which we break up iomap.c into smaller files grouped by functional
  area so that it'll be easier in the long run to maintain cohesiveness
  of code units and to review incoming patches. There are no functional
  changes and fs/iomap.c split cleanly.

  Summary:

   - Regroup the fs/iomap.c code by major functional area so that we can
     start development for 5.4 from a more stable base"

* tag 'iomap-5.3-merge-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/xfs/xfs-linux:
  iomap: move internal declarations into fs/iomap/
  iomap: move the main iteration code into a separate file
  iomap: move the buffered IO code into a separate file
  iomap: move the direct IO code into a separate file
  iomap: move the SEEK_HOLE code into a separate file
  iomap: move the file mapping reporting code into a separate file
  iomap: move the swapfile code into a separate file
  iomap: start moving code to fs/iomap/
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